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by Tattie
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Actually mean to say, it was a bit odd at the end in the stadium. You couldn’t really pick out what was being shown on the big screen so lots of pantomime ooo’ing and ahh’ing but no one seemed to really know what was going on. After the whistle there was just a resigned sign, no real anger or frust...
by Tattie
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland France for the lazy buggers
Replies: 351
Views: 12506

Re: Scotland France for the lazy buggers

What I find hardest to accept was that I think they both clearly said the ball was on the ground. Maybe it’s my imagination and I’ll have to listen back but I’m sure they both said it. What other proof is needed? They did and Berry said he was overturning his on field decision. Then they remembered...
by Tattie
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland France for the lazy buggers
Replies: 351
Views: 12506

Re: Scotland France for the lazy buggers

What I find hardest to accept was that I think they both clearly said the ball was on the ground. Maybe it’s my imagination and I’ll have to listen back but I’m sure they both said it. What other proof is needed?
by Tattie
Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland France for the lazy buggers
Replies: 351
Views: 12506

Re: Scotland France for the lazy buggers

laurent wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:04 pm Updated

Now let's start throwing Haggis and andouillettes at each others
Just came in here to protest at this scandalous comparison between the food of the gods and a length of badly/barely cleaned shit pipe.
by Tattie
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official Wales v Scotland thread
Replies: 292
Views: 11060

Re: Official Wales v Scotland thread

Wow. Russell, our captain, admitting that they thought the game was won at 27-0, can Scotland get any more amateur hour?

We will get demolished in Dublin.
by Tattie
Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Impressive kicking from Healy. He’s playing well now after a shaky start.
by Tattie
Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Does Bhatti carry a stick of butter.
by Tattie
Sat Sep 30, 2023 7:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

To use football parlance, 3 absolute sitters missed already. Don’t like seeing Price laughing at us knocking the ball on on the line.
by Tattie
Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Robbie Robertson RIP
Replies: 3
Views: 255

Re: Robbie Robertson RIP

So sad, his songs have been a big part of my life since I first heard The Band when I was a kid in the mid 80s. They were long gone by then of course (the original incarnation) but something about the music, the image etc just grabbed me. Only one of them left now - Garth Hudson, but doesn’t sound l...
by Tattie
Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

I also haven’t seen many bonfires of season passes in the last 4 decades that well know anti British establishment figure Princess Anne has been Patron What an incredibly silly comparison. I’m certainly no royalist but princess Anne is a non controversial, non (outwardly) political, pretty benign, ...
by Tattie
Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:57 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

I’m more just disappointed that everything in Scotland comes down to this. It’s fucking depressing whoever it is That’s because it is a really important issue to a whole lot of people. My response to the SRU’s tweet (the toxic Twitter thread you mentioned, I’m guessing) currently has 276 likes, 36 ...
by Tattie
Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

For those of you defending the appointment of Davidson, ask yourself how you’d react if they appointed Sturgeon, who has a pretty similar cv apart from the fact she was far more successful in her career as a politician. I’m more just disappointed that everything in Scotland comes down to this. It’s...
by Tattie
Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Imagine the state of her when FoS is played pre game… never mind when we play England and she has the added stress of GSTK, :grin: she can’t win - traitor or hypocrite… probably both. I’m very much a nationalist but overly political individuals should be kept away from sporting positions like this ...
by Tattie
Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Imagine the state of her when FoS is played pre game… never mind when we play England and she has the added stress of GSTK, :grin: she can’t win - traitor or hypocrite… probably both. I’m very much a nationalist but overly political individuals should be kept away from sporting positions like this ...
by Tattie
Thu Jul 06, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Imagine the state of her when FoS is played pre game… never mind when we play England and she has the added stress of GSTK, :grin: she can’t win - traitor or hypocrite… probably both. I’m very much a nationalist but overly political individuals should be kept away from sporting positions like this i...
by Tattie
Sun May 28, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 80s Scottish pop
Replies: 64
Views: 3086

Re: 80s Scottish pop

None of these mentioned yet:
Orange Juice
Hipsway
Love and Money
Fiction Factory
by Tattie
Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2023 Six Nations
Replies: 3230
Views: 87393

Re: 2023 Six Nations

Knock on for a kick???
by Tattie
Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6892
Views: 622085

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

I think (some) people are getting way too de-sensitized to these images coming out of Ukraine and think it's just a video game. Far too many people "Loving" these Twitter posts... :thumbdown: Couldn’t agree more. Like most people, I detest this war and love the Russians getting a kicking ...
by Tattie
Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2023 Six Nations
Replies: 3230
Views: 87393

Re: 2023 Six Nations

Prepared to be wrong on this, but watching the game at the club, did the French physio/doc manage to stop the game and insist the ref team look at the Gilchrist red? It was a red, no doubt, but what the fuck was that all about? Almost a bit disappointed that Ritchie didn’t lose his shit with the re...
by Tattie
Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2023 Six Nations
Replies: 3230
Views: 87393

Re: 2023 Six Nations

Prepared to be wrong on this, but watching the game at the club, did the French physio/doc manage to stop the game and insist the ref team look at the Gilchrist red? It was a red, no doubt, but what the fuck was that all about? Almost a bit disappointed that Ritchie didn’t lose his shit with the re...
by Tattie
Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

We couldn’t hear the ref, but my mate text to say he wasn’t going to send the French prop off 😳 Really 😳😳😳 Yeah, couldn’t believe it at the time. He wanted to give yellow only, he had to be told. Not only was it a red but Haouas should be facing a hefty ban for that. I was screaming at the tv when ...
by Tattie
Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland v Wales match thread
Replies: 338
Views: 9912

Re: Scotland v Wales match thread

Not trolling. For me it is hypocrisy to sing a heartfelt song about being a nation and then you have the chance to be a nation but you say ney we might lose a few quid so say ney. The lyrics you’re probably referring to are often mis-heard/sung, they are “… we can still rise now and be THE nation a...
by Tattie
Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland v Wales match thread
Replies: 338
Views: 9912

Re: Scotland v Wales match thread

Who the fuck asked you to comment on my valid post, gobshite :wave: Go and take your trolling pish back to PR. Not trolling. For me it is hypocrisy to sing a heartfelt song about being a nation and then you have the chance to be a nation but you say ney we might lose a few quid so say ney. The lyri...
by Tattie
Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Tennis Thread
Replies: 453
Views: 18536

Re: The Tennis Thread

If only we could transpose some of his passion and never quit attitude to Scotland’s rugby and football players.
by Tattie
Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: AI Matches W3: Sat 12; Ire v Fij - Eng v Jap - Wal v Arg : Sun; Sco v NZ
Replies: 445
Views: 12621

Re: AI Matches W3: Sat 12; Ire v Fij - Eng v Jap - Wal v Arg : Sun; Sco v NZ

Birth, death and taxes… oh and Scotland not capitalising on periods of domination.

If I was a betting man I would have put my mortgage on that happening.
by Tattie
Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:33 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: AI Matches W3: Sat 12; Ire v Fij - Eng v Jap - Wal v Arg : Sun; Sco v NZ
Replies: 445
Views: 12621

Re: AI Matches W3: Sat 12; Ire v Fij - Eng v Jap - Wal v Arg : Sun; Sco v NZ

TMO desperate for that not to be given. @rsehole.
by Tattie
Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Edinburgh Festival
Replies: 55
Views: 1945

Re: Edinburgh Festival

Their Aberdeen place, The Belmont is/was a cracking cinema. Great location and showed a mix of blockbusters, art house and classics etc

Hopefully it can be taken over and saved, there’s already a campaign set up. A great alternative to the usual faceless chain cinemas.
by Tattie
Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:01 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21132
Views: 895722

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Much as I like a good dig at the SNP, mainly because they are fucking useless, I just can't see how this particular episode can be thrown at them. The dickheads came from a group that the main SNP worked hard to expel for a number of years, then did, and they have come out almost unanimously to con...
by Tattie
Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Quick question if you will - how many current Scotland internationals have played under20s and then how many have played 7s? And I'll be generous you can include Kinghorns two 7s legs after he'd played 2 years of pro rugby for Edinburgh and Bennett's sevens years after he'd played for Glasgow. That...
by Tattie
Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

I think it's a smart decision. The sevens team is crap, has been since the likes of Wight and Robertson retired and isn't an effective development tool. Now we don't have a sevens leg what's the following the national side even has in Scotland? I can't imagine anyone watches the sevens legs often. ...
by Tattie
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:46 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

I think it's a smart decision. The sevens team is crap, has been since the likes of Wight and Robertson retired and isn't an effective development tool. Now we don't have a sevens leg what's the following the national side even has in Scotland? I can't imagine anyone watches the sevens legs often. ...
by Tattie
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:14 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Scotland 7s are getting binned as Team GB will be competing on the World 7s circuit. Utter disgrace. How can the SRU justify agreeing to this. No matter how you look at it this decision is detrimental to rugby in Scotland. The latest in a long line of astonishing ineptitude. It’s almost as if the S...
by Tattie
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:10 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 20145
Views: 1177165

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Scotland 7s are getting binned as Team GB will be competing on the World 7s circuit. Utter disgrace. How can the SRU justify agreeing to this. No matter how you look at it this decision is detrimental to rugby in Scotland. The latest in a long line of astonishing ineptitude. It’s almost as if the S...
by Tattie
Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:56 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Wimbledon
Replies: 29
Views: 1514

Re: Wimbledon

Can both these c**nts not just lose? Can’t remember ever watching a Wimbledon final - going back to the mid 70s where I didn’t want either to win.
by Tattie
Sun Jul 10, 2022 11:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: NH v SH
Replies: 126
Views: 5344

Re: NH v SH

…. In fairness to Argentina/NZ/Aus/SA, run that one again and I don't think it would be quite so stark….. FTFY That’s how sport works. Every team in every game in every sport has missed opportunities, wrong decisions, poor execution, bad luck etc Why is it when Scotland win, particularly against th...
by Tattie
Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:45 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Scottish Politics Thread
Replies: 4373
Views: 177772

Re: The Scottish Politics Thread

I'll openly admit that I'm a political lightweight when it comes to discussing this but my overwhelming impression is that the Brexit negotiations will appear to be a walk in the park compared to what we would face in Independence negotiations. The UK government would have all the cards and have li...
by Tattie
Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:53 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: First record you bought.
Replies: 51
Views: 1495

Re: First record you bought.

Memory might he playing tricks but I think I had Blodwyn Pig Ahead Rings Out early on. Only vinyl I’ve kept although I’ve nothing to play it on is Byrds’ Greatest Hits. I've been thinking lately that my next frivolous purchase might be a record player. I'm sure you old heads will get a kick out of ...
by Tattie
Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:30 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: First record you bought.
Replies: 51
Views: 1495

Re: First record you bought.

Memory might he playing tricks but I think I had Blodwyn Pig Ahead Rings Out early on. Only vinyl I’ve kept although I’ve nothing to play it on is Byrds’ Greatest Hits. How many did you have originally? Old vinyl can be worth quite a bit now. A friend of mine is working through cataloguing his on D...
by Tattie
Mon May 30, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: First record you bought.
Replies: 51
Views: 1495

Re: First record you bought.

First single I bought was Going Underground by The Jam but I got both The Police’s Message in a Bottle and Walking on the Moon and also Brass in Pocket by the Pretenders as gifts before that. First album I bought was Regatta de Blanc by the Police. I was a big fan of The Police then as you can tell,...